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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Waco came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Waco in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Waco. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Waco data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Waco:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Waco is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Waco. See our Misc Page for Waco for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Waco:

Waco was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/